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An American company has apologized to its employees after admitting that it misled them by sending them an email with a Christmas bonus in the midst of the economic crisis, when in fact it was a test of computer security.
“We understand that some employees were upset by the phishing attempt and felt it was insensitive, for which we have apologized.”a spokesman for GoDaddy, the world’s largest Internet domain name management company, told AFP.
“Although the test simulated actual attempts (of cyber attacks) that are being carried out today, we need to improve and show more empathy towards our employees.”added the Arizona-based company.
About 500 employees in mid-December clicked on an email from GoDaddy announcing a $ 650 Christmas bonus and asking them to fill out a form with personal information.
Two days later, a completely different message appeared in his inbox.
“They received this email because they failed our recent phishing test”GoDaddy’s head of security wrote, according to the local Copper Courier newspaper.
Phishing, widely used by hackers, consists of sending emails posing as known interlocutors in order to obtain information that allows the infiltration of particular computer systems.
The initiative sparked a barrage of criticism on social media at a time when millions of Americans have been hard hit by the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic.
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